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Multiple Choice Questions

1. Upon what does Augustine focus most of his efforts in the Preface of "On Christian Doctrine"?
(a) Criticism from those who believe it is not needed.
(b) Criticism from those who claim that Augustine relied too much on training and not enough on divine guidance.
(c) Criticism that his demands for linguistic studies were too exclusive.
(d) Criticism from those who refuse or are unable to apply it.

2. According to Augustine, what are competing influences on an individual's thinking?
(a) The devil and angels.
(b) Husbands and wives.
(c) Priests and Rabbis.
(d) Laborers and land owners.

3. When Augustine focuses on one of the types of criticism he expects to receive, what does he suggest to the reader?
(a) That these types of critics are a threat to the true Church.
(b) That these types of critics are stagnant in their thoughts and threaten to limit the influence of Divine guidance.
(c) That these types of critics will either understand Scripture or believe they do.
(d) That these types of critics, if they gather a following around their criticism, are dangerously close to practicing heresy.

4. Who does Augustine suggest has the ability to know the Truth?
(a) Minds God endowed with special gifts.
(b) Illuminated minds.
(c) All minds joined in community.
(d) All minds.

5. What comes of loving oneself for reasons other than that which Augustine specified?
(a) It leads to destruction.
(b) It will result in loss of special gifts.
(c) It will inhibit the ability to hear God's guiding.
(d) It will prevent one from enjoying things of God.

6. What setting does Augustine recommend for sound Scriptural learning?
(a) An ecclesiastical structure.
(b) A properly sanctioned site of Scriptural education.
(c) A private audience with a well-trained Priest.
(d) Human communities.

7. According to Augustine, how should a student be affected as he/she becomes proficient in interpreting Scripture?
(a) He/she will increase the love that one feels.
(b) He/she will help in developing an understanding of God's motivations.
(c) He/she will help to apply the principles of community.
(d) He/she will help develop a student's teaching skill.

8. What are the two main tools that God uses to teach men what to do, as identified by Augustine?
(a) Scripture and nature.
(b) Wars and rumors of wars.
(c) Angels and human communities.
(d) Priests and Rabbis

9. What does Augustine reason is the consequence to human teaching if learning comes from Divine gifts?
(a) That there is no point to human teaching if learning only comes through Divine gifts.
(b) That Divine gifts become the standard against which all teaching is measured.
(c) That human teaching becomes a validation of Divine gifts.
(d) That Divine gifts work as a validation of human teaching.

10. What should be the nature of the relationship between humans and God according to Augustine?
(a) Humans should submit to God's authority.
(b) God should be enjoyed by humans.
(c) Humans should become like God.
(d) Humans should fear the authority of God over judgment.

11. What is the doctrine that Augustine claims critics of human teaching defend?
(a) That God will communicate through signs and symbols.
(b) That God will communicate the meaning of Scripture through "special gifts."
(c) That God will communicate through the in dwelling of the Holy Spirit.
(d) That God will communicate through tongues.

12. How are things separated by Augustine?
(a) Categories of things that are enjoyed and things that are used.
(b) Categories of things that are things and things that are signs.
(c) Categories of things that are Biblical and things that are non-Biblical.
(d) Categories of things under God's authority and things that are sinful.

13. What items or situations does Augustine use to illustrate his distinction of things?
(a) The questions from critics who do not understand and the examples of what is perceived to be special gifts.
(b) A good meal and a pot.
(c) The fall of Adam in Genesis and the murder of Able by Cain.
(d) The relationship between God and Lucifer from the story of Job.

14. What is Augustine's perception of God's dispensation of "special gifts" of interpreting Scripture?
(a) Dispensing of such gifts is atypical.
(b) That they precede periods of peace and prosperity.
(c) That they follow miraculous events.
(d) That they follow periods of oppression of those seeking His blessings.

15. What is the subject that Augustine addresses in Book One and Book Two?
(a) Finding a place in a Scriptural community.
(b) Finding what to learn from Scripture.
(c) Understanding how to convey Scripture.
(d) Understanding what one should learn from Scripture.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Augustine consider as God's typical means of delivering His illumination?

2. What is Augustine's attitude toward those who have a "special gift" for interpretation from God?

3. To what does Augustine compare his distinction of things?

4. Based on Augustine's Preface, what is the perception of critics toward learning?

5. What does Augustine suggest a conception of Christian love will serve for the student?

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